Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Kirstie]

I was feeling so hopeful I might actually get some entries into this one - the Wheels for Wildlife route map revealed we would be passing COCKLEACH and STARTIFANTS - Where either of them signposted when we got there? NO!!!

I feel your pain. Recently I have ridden through places in northumberland with such fantastic names as 'gusset' and 'cockplay', but there was not a sign to be had. I felt so used.

Using my imagination a little i'll hasten to add that recently on holiday in crete I drove through a place called lardas (lardass) and on saturday rode through a village called ashorne (asshorn). there's a photo of the lardas sign but it doesn't involve a bicycle.

 

[Fnaar]

Recently I have ridden through places in northumberland with such fantastic names as 'gusset' ... but there was not a sign to be had. I felt so used.

Yes, this one grieves me, as I cycle through there regularly... if you look closely, there is a small sign saying "The Gussett" which I think might be a tiny shop or summat (not looked) but it's hard to get your bike and sign in the same pic (I have tried)

 

[Amanda P]

And the winner is....

Well, Fossy gets top marks for taking lots of pictures. And having such a colour-co-ordinated bike.

Rich P has the "oo-er Matron" factor, and I've been to Fulking. Ooer.

Cathryn is the best looking of those I can see, and I like Shatton.

But the winner is, purely on a whim....

rich p. Mainly becuase he has the good luck to live near one of my favourite "meaning of liff" places - Fulking. Which, if it doesn't have a meaning, should have.

So, rich, what's the next challenge?

 

[rich p]

Cheers Uncle P, I'm underoverwhelmed

I'm off to Mont Ventoux on Wednesday for a few days so I thought I'd better set a self marking challenge so you can decide on the winner yourselves. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is your bike (and you if you wish - it's always nice to get a pic of the ladeez!) alongside the longest place name you can find.

So Ely would be 3 and Shoreham by Sea would be 13.

By Thursday 8 pm to allow the lucky winner to set another one for the weekend.

 

[Amanda P]

If anyone lives within range of Lllanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, tell us now and save us the trouble...

 

[Cathryn]

Booo....gutted!!!

 

[rich p]

Booo....gutted!!!

Stop your whingeing girl, at least he admitted that you're better looking than me!

I must agree

Now get yourself over to Heckmonthwaite under Ramsbottom asap!

 

[Cathryn]

Hehehe...actually the husband was more disappointed than I was and he didn't get any compliments

Off to study a map so i can win this week!!

 

[Fnaar]

Fairly cr@p contribution, but my ride home today (with detour ) took me past Newton Under Wood (15 letters). Bit of a "late entry" (oo'er) for the rude place challenge, but the religious amongst you might like to vist 'Nunriding'. Also couldn't resist a snap of Ogle (ooh, matron, I like a good ogle)
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(The bike, should you be interested, is my £30 commuter)

 

[Joe24]

Went to Radcliffe-On-Trent today. 16 letters
Was the best i could think of around here.

I was thinking about which places hve long names arund here. I even counted the letters on some road signs to see if they were longer

 

[Cathryn]

I think I had a boyfriend from Radcliffe on Trent in my youth.

 

[Kirstie]

Stop your whingeing girl, at least he admitted that you're better looking than me!

And he clearly thinks that I'm a munter...

 

[ComedyPilot]

I was in Garmish-partenkirchen last August and saw a truly exquisite sign to somewhere called "fiddle". I think it's a mountain. I would have got a pic, but my mate broke his toe, so other things took priority.

 

[rich p]

I was in Garmish-partenkirchen last August and saw a truly exquisite sign to somewhere called "fiddle". I think it's a mountain. I would have got a pic, but my mate broke his toe, so other things took priority.

Come again?

Kirstie, you're clearly more attractive than me but you didn't actually enter a picture, so I think Uncle Phil can be forgiven!!

16 letters is winning so far from Joe24. I'm sure it can be beaten.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I work near Chorlton-cum-Hardy... unsure if there's a sign anywhere there though (and I don't have a camera with me)....

... but apart from that I could take the lead with 18!